A signal converter 100 includes, for at least two-phase signals detected by a resolver excited by a carrier signal having a carrier frequency fc, a first phase shifter 101 that shifts a phase of a first phase signal of the resolver with a pole at a frequency f1 lower than the carrier frequency fc, a second phase shifter 102 that shifts a phase of a second phase signal of the resolver with a pole at a frequency f2 higher than the carrier frequency fc, and a synthesizer 103 that combines the phase-shifted first phase signal with the phase-shifted second phase signal.
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1. A method for converting signals by a resolver comprising the steps of: detecting two-phase signals excited by a carrier signal having a carrier frequency fc; shifting a phase of a first phase signal of the resolver with a pole at a frequency f1 lower than the carrier frequency fc; shifting a phase of a second phase signal of the resolver with a pole at a frequency f2 higher than the carrier frequency fc; and combining the phase-shifted first phase signal with the phase-shifted second phase signal and outputting a phase-modulated signal where the carrier signal is modulated by a rotation angle of the resolver.
2. The method for converting signals according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second phase shifting includes all-pass filtering.
3. The method for converting signals according to claim 1 , wherein relations “f1=fc/n” and “f2=fc×n” (where n is an arbitrary positive real number) are satisfied.
4. The method for converting signals according to claim 1 , wherein a difference between a phase shift φ1 by the first phase shifting and a phase shift φ2 by the second phase shifting is roughly 90°.
5. The method for converting signals according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of: band-pass filtering that attenuates, for the phase-modulated signal, a signal component outside a predetermined frequency range centered on the carrier frequency fc.
6. The method for converting signals according to claim 1 , wherein, for four-phase signals having phases mutually different from one another by roughly 90°, detected by the resolver excited by the carrier frequency fc, further comprising the steps of: shifting a phase of a signal obtained by combining first and third phase signals of the resolver, the first and third phase signals having phases different from each other by roughly 180°, and shifting a phase of a signal obtained by combining second and fourth phase signals of the resolver, the second and fourth phase signals having phases different from each other by roughly 180°.
7. The method for converting signals according to claim 1 , further comprising the steps of: generating a correction signal for cancelling out a ripple component caused by the carrier signal of the resolver; and superposing the correction signal on the phase-modulated signal.
8. The method for converting signals according to claim 1 , further comprising the steps of: synchronously wave-detecting the phase-modulated signal at the carrier frequency fc and outputting a synchronously wave-detected signal; calculating a ripple component based on a differential value of a synchronously wave-detected signal; generating a correction signal with a phase and an amplitude by which the ripple component is minimized; and superposing the correction signal on the phase-modulated signal.
9. A method for controlling a motor comprising the steps of: detecting two-phase signals excited by a carrier signal having a carrier frequency fc, shifting a phase of a first phase signal of the resolver with a pole at a frequency f1 lower than the carrier frequency fc; shifting a phase of a second phase signal of the resolver with a pole at a frequency f2 higher than the carrier frequency fc; combining the phase-shifted first phase signal with the phase-shifted second phase signal and outputs a phase-modulated signal where the carrier signal is modulated by a rotation angle of the resolver; synchronously wave-detecting the phase-modulated signal at the carrier frequency fc and outputting a synchronously wave-detected signal; and controlling the motor based on the synchronously wave-detected signal.
10. The method for controlling a motor according to claim 9 , wherein, for four-phase outputs having phases mutually different from one another by roughly 90°, detected by the resolver excited by the carrier frequency fc, further comprising the steps of: shifting a phase of a signal obtained by combining first and third phase signals of the resolver, the first and third phase signals having phases different from each other by roughly 180°; and shifting a phase of a signal obtained by combining second and fourth phase signals of the resolver, the second and fourth phase signals having phases different from each other by roughly 180°.
11. The method for controlling a motor according to claim 9 , further comprising the steps of: generating a correction signal for cancelling out a ripple component caused by the carrier signal of the resolver; and superposing the correction signal on the phase-modulated signal.
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